Smart Business Pros Ripped off for $20,000 from Smart Business Pros Watson Woods Missouri

Represented themselves as prefered partner with Major credit card processing companies ie Mastercharge/Visa/Discover/American Express.  For providing money for contacts at $100.00 per contact I would receive generous commissions.  They charged $14,000 for 1,400 names of companies previously turned down for business loans.  As a representative of the above companies they would offer interest free business loans if they used Smart Business Pros credit card processing services.  I was to receive commissions based upon volume of transactions as well as a percentage of any loan.  Provided  internet site with my 1,400 contact names with status of business transactions.  Was updated by phone for two months until they ended telephone contact.  The following names and phone numbers apply:  John Stockton: Senior Manager 888-609-5207/636-493-8550; Julie Davis, administrative Assistant:636-246-0326; Keith Henderson, Campaign Manager: 888-510-9716.

discovered it was scam end of May 2015 when I saw a Better Busineess Bureau(BBB) of St. Louis, Missouri article on Smart Business Pros was a scam perpetuated on retirees across the country.  Contacted them and their representative and referred to Jim Gallagher of the St. Louis Dispath newspaper who was also conducting an investigation on Smart Business Pros(SBP).  I provided him data on my circumstances and several weeks later he wrote about the SBP scam to include my name and story..